Excellent day on Monday this week at the BSA New Materialisms study group annual conference 'Matter, Rhizomes and More-than-human Sociology, with 13 papers and keynote. Pictured: final panel on 'More-the-human methodologies' with Clare Hughes, Liam Renouf and Kate Bowen Viner, with me chairing.

Full programme for the New Materialisms day conference on 22 June now released. 11 papers plus film, exhibition and keynote. Register by 19 June at www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Nick J Fox’s keynote paper at the New Materialisms conference on 22 June: ‘Capitalism and the secret state: matter, rhizomes and undercover cops’: how the capitalist state uses undercover policing and covert overseas actions. www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Last chance to submit an abstract for the 22 June 2026 BSA New Materialisms one-day conference 'Matter, Rhizomes and More-than-Human Sociology'. Submissions close on Fri 1 May. We welcome contributions that engage with the conference themes. See flyer for how to submit abstract and/or register.

New paper by Nick J Fox explores how the UK's capitalist state plays supports and extends the private provision of healthcare in the era of globalising capitalism by promoting UK private providers to overseas buyers in India and China. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.70155

Alcohol and the production of the gender binary. Posthuman feminst paper by Serena Vicario and Nick J Fox assesses how alcohol consumption contributes to the aggregation of human bodies into socially defined categories, including a female/male gender binary. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Alcohol consumption and the production of gender binarism: a more-than-human perspective

This paper explores the complex interactions between gender and alcohol consumption. Drawing on more-than-human feminist materialist theories of gender, it diverges radically from the humanist, ess...

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Trump's ICE militia seems an example of what Deleuze and Guattari called 'the war machine'. The WM is actuated by nomadic affects, and is exterior to the state and its legal 'striating' framework. Has Trump now realised that the WM is consequently uncontrollable? Just a thought.

Almost all papers and book chapters written by Nick J Fox are available to download on Researchgate at www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick... Any missing can be supplied privately by contacting Nick.

Nick FOX | Professor | BSc, MSc, PhD | University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield | Department of Social and Psychological Sciences | Research profile

New materialist and posthuman sociologist.

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About five places left for our in-person conference 'Materiality, Society and the More-than-human' on 23 June at Goldsmiths University of London, with keynote by Lisa Blackman. Full programme and registration (from £10) at: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Nick Fox makes links between vital materialism and the monism and post-anthropocentrism of new materialism, indigenous ontologies and feminist posthumanism in this essay paper. Offers frameworks for environmental sustainability, development and justice. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Registration open for in-person day conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on 23 June (Goldsmiths University of London). Keynote from Lisa Blackman, plus nine papers by new materialist scholars. To register: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Exciting panel on sociology and climate justice at the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference. Climate change affects most those who have least contributed to greenhouse gas emissions.

Lucy Harding on the material entanglements of social life and research at BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference

Pam Alldred reports on a EU wide research programme on sexual consent education at the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social conference in Manchester

Susan Halford gives me theory stream plenary at @britsoci.bsky.social BSA conference on more than human sociodigital entanglements.

Sunny Gunessee at the @britsoci.bsky.social BSA conference on his work to promote the breadth of sociological careers.

Exploring sources of power in the nighttime economy linked to gambling and alcohol use. @britsoci.bsky.social

Katie Powell on how to encourage social explanations of health inequalities at the @britsoci BSA conference workshop on applied sociology.

Katie Powell on the work of the @britsoci BSA Applied Sociology Group and her project on gambling and alcohol inequalities.

Tina Basi talking about clinical sociology at the @britsoci British sociological association conference.

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Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote speaker: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: debbie.watson@bristol.ac.uk www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...